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How to make the app workflow easily understood?
I am working on an app that should work like this:
user searches his favourite items
he clicks "Like" on his favourite items
he presses "Suggest items" to discover some new ones
I am struggling to ...
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Should I replace those texts on buttons by meaningful icons?
I own an application where users can organize meetings.
Other users can participate.
Here's a screen on the meeting I created: (so logged user is the creator)
We can notice the three buttons at the ...
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Google UX flaw? switching placement of Videos and Images
Google offers the possibility to search for several different types of media/information: Web, Images, Video, Maps, etc.
Lately I noticed that these choices for other types of information is being ...
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How to highlight the concept of degree of separation?
I own an application aiming to organize meetings between users that may know each other.
For instance, Bob creates a meeting, and Alice then notices it.
Alice expects the application to inform her ...
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How to force user to select a location and not simply type it?
Let's suppose this simple form:
So, the user is expected to enter the keywords of the meeting's full address.
While typing, suggestions are displayed (autocomplete feature).
Here's an example: ...
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Where should I place the "Actions" button?
I'm building an iOS application aiming to let user create meetings and wait for some participants.
Basically, when the user is on the meetings list page, he can click to open a specific one.
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Which page should I redirect to after item edit/creation?
Let's suppose a mobile app aiming to show "all" items, "my" items, and create some items.
The important thing is that an item I create should appear to both "All" and "My".
When I click on "...
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Filtering by distance based on an address as reference
Being aware that HTML geolocation API does not work on every browser without using Wi-Fi, I'm trying to use an alternative more accurate to present nearest items from the user location.
I'd ...
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Responsive Design / What is an appropriate web component to choose a distance regarding user's geolocation?
I own a responsive web application.
I want to let user filter results (supposing a page listing some data) based on his geolocation and a chosen limit.
For instance, Bob wants to see all meetings ...
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Responsive Design / Is it a good UX for a multi-step form?
I've got a responsive web app that displays a multi-step.
There are 4 steps: What?, Where?, When?, With?, that are indicated on each step to let user know the progress.
For instance, here's what it ...
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Top-down hamburger menu / is it a cool experience regarding my application?
I own an application managing some meetings (conceptual example).
Of course, my website is responsive so that it's fully usable on mobile devices.
Before showing some screenshots of my navigation ...
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How to improve the UX of this filter area?
Let's suppose an application that manage meetings between employees of various companies.
A meetings list is shown to any logged employee, and this one may mark himself as a participant if he's ...
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How to better represent this multi selection?
Suppose a web application showing a form where user is expected to specify the friends he wants to share with (conceptual example):
User can select either:
No friends at all (no sharing)
within 0km-...
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Source of user contacts for app
I'm making a mobile app similar in functionality with Whatsapp where the user will have to select and contact acquaintances (friends, family, co-workers ..you name it) so I'm just wondering if it's ...
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Layout for assigned roles to users and organizations and managing those users
I am building layouts for a public-facing site that requires the user to fill in multiple pages of information to apply for a license. Think in terms of someone applying to hold an event on public ...
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How to represent this notion of "favored" participant?
I'm introducing the concept :
Suppose a webapp aiming to suggest some meetings to targeted people so that they can participate to at least one of them.
So there's a page listing the items and a page ...
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Is my needfinding observation plan methodologically sound?
I was wondering if you could help me conduct a proper needfinding observation. Mostly, do you see any methodological errors in my observation plan or survey questions? Does my plan maximize the ...
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Default filtering behavior: Everything displayed or everything hidden?
We have a selection field on our website. And today we had a discussion at the office about our filter options when the user is facing the filter options for the first time.
Option A
No filters are ...
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Is it safe to assume everyone uses / has mouse wheels?
Is it safe to assume all users are aware of using the mouse wheel to scroll and that all users have a mouse wheel on their mouse?
I'm hoping to implement a scrollbar which stays hidden even when you ...
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Validating a Preferences/Configuration "app"
I have a system configuration / preferences "app" I'm designing as part of a larger browser-based application. Our overall application has "apps" (like a development app, a user management app, a ...
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Select vs. Null Placeholder
I'm working on a large data-entry application.
I'm wondering what is the better method for displaying drop-down lists where the defaulted value is null.
I see a couple of options:
Option a) Use a ...
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How to deal with superfluous numbers in input text fields?
I'm working on input textfields for lab assistants, e.g. a textfield to enter a temperature value (in a custom designed UI, not a web-site). Users don't have to enter the Celsius or Fahrenheit unit, ...
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Text Field Validation vs Prevention
I've been having a debate (mostly with myself) over the best approach to deal with invalid input in text fields -- validation versus prevention.
Taking a numeric text field as an example, is it ...
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Anything I could do to improve my sign up form?
So I think that I'm finally at a point where I can say that my sign up form for desktop users is pretty much done.
I've tried to make it user friendly at first sight by keeping it as short as ...
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Reordering content for mobile devices - distracting or helpful feature?
With CSS3 its really easy to reorder the content depending on the screen size, which leads me to the question: Only because its possible, should I?
A use case could be directions - one could assume ...
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How to represent medium difficulty? (fitness)
We have several video fitness programs with difficulties related to the intensity of the workouts. When categorizing them by difficulty "Easy" and "Hard" are clearly communicated by these terms but ...
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Should social media links open in a new tab or window?
Is it advisable that social media links (facebook, twitter, etc) will open in a new tab? Does it depends on the number of social media links?, What if there were only 3 social media links?, should I ...
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Should a 'Calculator' support '{' (curly braces) and '[' (box braces)
NOTE: I had originally asked this question on https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/, but I had been asked to move it here.
I am currently developing a Simplifier for a Calculator. This ...
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Filtering Tables/Grids vs Sorting Tables/Grids
What are the advantages and disadvantages with filtering and sorting tables.
Are there specific situations where one is preferred over the other?
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Open page in Parent, Tab or Pop-Up
I'm working on an application with a lot of user functionality and navigation which stems from the ability to create, edit,update,delete (C.R.U.D) the majority of objects/entities.
My question is, ...
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What text should be used for an insertion button? "Create", "New" or "Add"?
Whenever I have been designing interfaces, I always wonder if I should name the button Create, New or Add. I have never decided and stuck with one and would like to get an explanation on what use ...
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Designing an app that will be used as an iframe within 30 different applications
The context:
A native app that went through a complete life-cycle.
The Problem:
Recently, on one of the calls with client, it was revealed that this native app will also be used as an iframe in 30 ...
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Should tabbing focus on datagridview
Should pressing the tab button within a windows form take the focus through a datagridview? What is the typical expectation of windows forms users from other applications?
The purpose of the form is ...
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Should marking a chat message as spam automatically ignore the user?
Two typical features of chat rooms are, the ability to ignore another user (hide all of their messages) and to mark a particular message as spam.
Should marking a user's message as spam automatically ...
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